Outlander’s Sam Heughan warns fans not to trust scammers impersonating him [Video]

Earlier this year, a story made the rounds about a 72-year-old Outlander fan who was scammed out of nearly $13,000 and her engagement ring by someone pretending to be Sam Heughan, who plays Jamie Fraser on Starz’s time-traveling romance epic. Heughan has cautioned fans before to be wary of these sorts of schemes, which have been going on for a while; apparently impersonating Heughan is a popular tactic. “Please be careful on social media. So many scammers,” he wrote on his Instagram Story this week, according to The Daily Record. “I will never reach out or message on Instagram/Twitter/WhatsApp/Google hangout/etc Or ask for money. If it’s not verified it’s not me. No[r] will my agent/family/publicist etc… Or Telegram!”

Heughan has posted this same message in years past, but with new episodes of Outlander coming out later this month, it bears repeating. He also shared a screenshot of a message from a scammer calling themselves Sebrina. “Hello, It is an …